Road Hole
E43710
Road Hole is the famously challenging 17th hole at the Old Course at St Andrews, renowned for its blind tee shot over buildings and treacherous road and bunker guarding the green.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Road Hole canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T342440 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Road Hole Context triple: [Old Course at St Andrews, notableHoleName, Road Hole]
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A.
Badwater Road
Badwater Road is a scenic highway in Death Valley National Park that provides access to the famously low-lying Badwater Basin and other desert landmarks.
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B.
Horseshoe
Horseshoe is a well-known casino and racetrack brand in the United States, recognized for its gambling, entertainment, and hospitality offerings.
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C.
The Pit
The Pit is a famed college basketball arena in Albuquerque, New Mexico, renowned for its intense atmosphere and distinctive sunken design.
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D.
Kerplunk
Kerplunk is Green Day's 1991 independent punk rock album that helped establish the band's early reputation and paved the way for their mainstream breakthrough.
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E.
Kill Van Kull
Kill Van Kull is a tidal strait in New York Harbor that serves as a major shipping channel between Newark Bay and the Upper New York Bay.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Road Hole Target entity description: Road Hole is the famously challenging 17th hole at the Old Course at St Andrews, renowned for its blind tee shot over buildings and treacherous road and bunker guarding the green.
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A.
Badwater Road
Badwater Road is a scenic highway in Death Valley National Park that provides access to the famously low-lying Badwater Basin and other desert landmarks.
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B.
Horseshoe
Horseshoe is a well-known casino and racetrack brand in the United States, recognized for its gambling, entertainment, and hospitality offerings.
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C.
The Pit
The Pit is a famed college basketball arena in Albuquerque, New Mexico, renowned for its intense atmosphere and distinctive sunken design.
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D.
Kerplunk
Kerplunk is Green Day's 1991 independent punk rock album that helped establish the band's early reputation and paved the way for their mainstream breakthrough.
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E.
Kill Van Kull
Kill Van Kull is a tidal strait in New York Harbor that serves as a major shipping channel between Newark Bay and the Upper New York Bay.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | golf hole ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Old Course Hotel ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| fairwaySurface | links turf ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
golf broadcasting coverage of The Open
ⓘ
golf literature ⓘ |
| governingBody | St Andrews Links Trust ⓘ |
| greenProtection | front bunker and road at back ⓘ |
| greenShape | narrow and angled ⓘ |
| greenSurface | fescue-dominant links turf ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | iconic symbol of links golf ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
blind tee shot over buildings
ⓘ
deep pot bunker front left of green ⓘ dogleg right layout ⓘ narrow fairway ⓘ out of bounds right off the tee ⓘ road running along back of green ⓘ stone wall near road ⓘ |
| hasHazard |
Road Hole bunker
ⓘ
linked to:
Hell Bunker
out of bounds hotel property ⓘ road behind green ⓘ |
| hasNickname | Road Hole ⓘ |
| hasPar | 4 ⓘ |
| hasYardage | over 450 yards in championship setup ⓘ |
| holeNumber | 17 ⓘ |
| hostCourseFor | The Open Championship ⓘ |
| influencedBy | links land contours ⓘ |
| isConsidered |
one of the most difficult par 4s in championship golf
ⓘ
one of the most famous golf holes in the world ⓘ |
| isFamousFor |
blind tee shot
ⓘ
deep greenside bunker ⓘ difficulty ⓘ road behind green ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Fife
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ St Andrews ⓘ |
| locatedInCourse | Old Course at St Andrews ⓘ |
| orientation | played away from town ⓘ |
| partOf |
back nine of Old Course at St Andrews
ⓘ
linked to:
Old Course at St Andrews
|
| penalizes |
long approach shots onto road
ⓘ
short approach shots into bunker ⓘ |
| playedIn | The Open Championship ⓘ |
| requires |
accurate long approach
ⓘ
precise tee shot ⓘ |
| strategy | often played as three-shot hole into the wind ⓘ |
| teeShotMustCarry | Old Course Hotel property ⓘ |
| windExposure | high ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Road Hole Description of subject: Road Hole is the famously challenging 17th hole at the Old Course at St Andrews, renowned for its blind tee shot over buildings and treacherous road and bunker guarding the green.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.